France’s New Victor Hugo
The country’s Oscar entry takes on class and race in the streets of Paris
Prima Time
Francesca Hayward arrives in Cats, Coppélia, and Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words
Little Woman
Florence Pugh is a kick playing the least likable March sister in Greta Gerwig’s film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel
Why Are We Still Loving Friends?
It’s the most streamed show on Netflix. Teenagers quote its jokes—even though it is 25 years old. So what explains its appeal?
It’s Murphy’s Law, Live!
Mischief Theatre, the comedy group that gave us The Play That Goes Wrong, gets a new series
The Jewel in The Crown
Erin Doherty is pure ebullience, even if her Princess Anne is something else entirely
The Man Behind Daniel Craig’s Mississippi Drawl
Rian Johnson, the creator of Knives Out, reveals how he updated Hitchcock, Sleuth, and Christie
Dream Come True
An excerpt from a new book reveals how Disneyland came to be
Beyond the White Bikini
Ursula Andress, no Hollywood careerist, found fame and has enjoyed a “very lucky” life regardless
Behind The Crown
The inside story of how the show’s creator, Peter Morgan, mixes facts with dramatic inventiveness
Cuban Revolution
Ana de Armas, the Knives Out actress and soon-to-be Bond girl, on working with Daniel Craig and Chris Evans
Nouvelle Vague
The French New Wave film posters quickly became as groundbreaking as the 50s and 60s films themselves. A new book highlights the designers behind the movement’s explosive aesthetic
Here’s to You, Mr. Nichols
Graydon Carter toasts Ash Carter and Sam Kashner at Monkey Bar to celebrate their new oral biography of Mike Nichols
The Polanski Affair
Will American audiences ever see An Officer and a Spy after the exiled director likened his rape case to the anti-Semitic false charges leveled against Alfred Dreyfus?
Before Before Sunrise
Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke on how they made their memorable trilogy
Deconstructing Ralph Lauren
A new documentary explores the life and legacy of the man behind the mega-brand
The Secret Lives of Patricia Highsmith
Long-hidden diaries reveal the dark obsessions and deep hatreds she drew from to write The Talented Mr. Ripley and other noir masterpieces
Jurassic Jeff
Goldblum defies his age with a new travel series, another jazz album, a young family, and all those films
Why Talk to a Pariah?
I’ve never met one I didn’t like and I just wanted to understand
There Is Nothin’ Like a Dame
Helen Mirren brings something special to every performance. But for HBO’s Catherine the Great, she also draws on her own White Russian roots
Once More unto the Breach
In Henry V, Timothée Chalamet tries to fill the sabbatons of Olivier and Branagh
Bong Joon-ho
Parasite, the South Korean director’s new film about class warfare, triumphed at Cannes and is generating Oscar heat
Da’Vine Joy Randolph
She goes toe to toe with Eddie Murphy in his new comedy, Dolemite Is My Name
Top Dogs
The comedy show created by Ukraine’s new president skewered Donald Trump
